Slow diffusion limits phosphorylation in a biomolecular condensate
Nicolás S. González Foutel, Ankush Garg, Evi Setiani Lande, Assia Khalild, Line Mørkholt Lund, Victoria Birkedal, Chloé Martens, Magnus Kjærgaard
The paper shows that slow diffusion in biomolecular condensates limits phosphorylation kinetics, with phosphorylation rates strongly correlated to substrate diffusion coefficients.
bioRxiv · Feb 2, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics